#C8BA61#C8BA61

#C8BA61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.112 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA61
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 51.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -6.77, 46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 46.94, 98.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0204 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.112 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5373, 48.2618, 18.3290)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA61 #616FC8

analogous

#C88661 #C8BA61 #A2C861

triadic

#C8BA61 #61C8BA #BA61C8

tetradic

#C8BA61 #61C886 #616FC8 #C861A2

square

#C8BA61 #61C886 #616FC8 #C861A2

split-complementary

#C8BA61 #61A2C8 #8661C8

monochromatic

#82762D #AF9F3D #C8BA61 #D8CE8E #E8E2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8BA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#C8BA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA61

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA61	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.112 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbce90',
    500: '#c8ba61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba61;
$custom-light: #dbce90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.845,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78207,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA61

secondary

#AEB3D7

accent

#62D850

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F1

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA61

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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